Setting Up a Multi-Server Web Hosting Environment
Posted by Stephen in Personal on 26. Jun, 2009 | View Comments
The last few weeks have been tough on my web servers. The release of iPhone OS 3.0 tripled my site traffic overnight as folks investigate the new Exchange integration features, and traffic to IT commentary site, Gestalt IT, which I also host, has been growing rapidly. Plus, Google just refreshed PageRank again, sending even more [...]
Apologies For The 404s!
Posted by Stephen in Everything on 07. Feb, 2009 | View Comments
I’ve been using Dreamhost as my hosting provider since 2000, mostly happily. But last year I began receiving enough traffic that I could no longer rely on shared hosting. Last Fall, I switched all of my domains to a virtual private server at Dreamhost – an easy upgrade that doubled my hosting bill but promised [...]
Google Chatback Rocks and Rolls
Posted by Stephen in Everything, Personal on 07. Mar, 2008 | View Comments
Google added a nifty feature to their arsenal of sorta-world-taking-over products the other day (while I was away) – chatback. This lets us webby-writing people add a special chat balloon to our pages which lets random strangers google-talk with us. So I added it to my sites and actually had a productive use [...]
